On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 18:06 +1000, Daniel Mons wrote: > Dave Hall wrote: > > Sorry, but I think it is you who is relying on out of date information. > > Here is a list of FOSS unfriendly things Linksys has done in recent > > years. > > > > * Made the webgui for some of their mid range managed switches IE only. > > http://davehall.com.au/blog/dave/2007/12/07/linksys-will-fix-srw224g4-firmware-eventually > > (this has never been fixed) > > 2007. Not out of date at all...
No it isn't out of date. As of 6 months ago Linksys was still claiming "we're working on it, sorry still no ETA". Next it will be "oh sorry that is EOLd". > > > > > * Only legal action by the FSF for GPL violations got Cisco/Linksys to > > comply with the GPL > > http://www.fsf.org/news/2009-05-cisco-settlement.html > > See my previous post. Cisco now have a full time employee dedicated to > FOSS compliance. You seem to be focussing entirely on one side of that > story. It wasn't the first time Cisco was caught with their pants down. The person's job probably involves uploading tarball and reading /. > The FOSS community needs to focus on education, and not finding enemies > under every rock. I'll be the first to stand up and say I don't like > Cisco products at all from a technical standpoint. But I will happily > acknowledge their recent efforts to change their free software > compliance efforts for the better. Companies like Cisco and MS, don't hide under rocks, they have publicly voiced their anti FOSS positions on many occasions. As a side note, it turns out the MS hyper V code drop for the kernel is looking more like a dump and run job to avoid being slapped with a copyright violation suit. More info at http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/staging-status-09-2009.html (search for hv). There are some companies that have successfully metamorphised into free software companies - Sun is one example. Sorry I just don't see Cisco even attempting to make a real effort to be more FOSS friendly. Cheers Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
